U.S. market indexes were mixed on Friday.
For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 20,914.62 for a loss of 19.93 points or 0.10%. The Standard & Poor's 500 closed at 2,378.25 for a loss of 3.13 points or 0.13%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 5,901.00 for a gain of 0.24 points or 0.01%. The VIX Volatility Index was higher for the day at 11.29 for a gain of 0.08 points or 0.71%.
For the week, the Dow Jones gained 0.05%. The S&P 500 gained 0.22%, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.65%.
Friday’s market movers
Economic reports affecting trading on Friday included the following:
- Industrial production reported no change for the month, below consensus of 0.2% and above the previous month’s report of -0.1%.
- The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index increased to 97.6 from 96.3 and also beat the consensus estimate of 97.2.
- The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators Index increased by 0.6% with a consensus estimate of 0.4% and a previous report of 0.6%.
- The Baker Hughes North American rig count decreased to 1,065 from 1,083.
In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the following stocks led gains and losses:
Gains
- 3MÂ (MMM, Financial) 1.08%.
- Boeing (BA, Financial) 1.07%.
- United Technologies (UTX, Financial) 0.99%.
- DuPont (DD, Financial) 0.79%.
Losses
- Goldman Sachs (GS, Financial) -1.72%.
- JPMorgan (JPM, Financial) -1.05%.
- UnitedHealth (UNH, Financial) -0.93%.
- IBMÂ (IBM, Financial) -0.90%.
In the broad market, materials stocks led gains and financial stocks led losses. Technology was lower with the S&P 500 technology sector down -0.17%.
Small-cap stocks
In small-caps, the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,391.52 for a gain of 5.50 points or 0.40%. The S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 849.54 for a gain of 5.46 points or 0.65%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 8,306.49 for a gain of 18.18 points or 0.22%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM Index closed at 9,714.43 for a gain of 27.90 points or 0.29%.
Other notable indexes
Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1,731.14 for a gain of 2.92 points or 0.17%; the S&P 100 Index at 1,055.34 for a loss of 2.48 points or 0.23%; the Russell 3000 Index at 1,410.38 for a loss of 0.99 points or 0.07%; the Russell 1000 Index at 1,318.61 for a loss of 1.43 points or 0.11%; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index at 657.34 for a gain of 1.46 points or 0.22%.
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